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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fat \fat\, a. compar. fatter; superl. fattest. as.
f=aett; akin to d. vet, g. fett, feist, icel. feitr, sw.
fet, dan. fed, and perh. to gr. pi^dax spring, fountain,
pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, skr. pi to swell.
1. abounding with fat; as:
a fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent;
not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
b oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
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2. exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy;
gross; dull; stupid.
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making our western wits fat and mean. --emerson.
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make the heart of this people fat. --is. vi. 10.
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3. fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
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4. rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat
benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
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now parson of troston, a fat living in suffolk.
--carlyle.
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5. abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. obs.
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persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.
--swift.
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6. typog. of a character which enables the compositor to
make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank,
cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
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fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling
joints.
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see also:
fatter fattest fat lute
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